I believe that the chipmunk may be one of the most prevalent members of the squirrel family, and is found throughout the US. But they are rodents and not domestic, and should be treated as wild animals. Each summer they are on my porch looking for dropped birdseed and other scraps of food. They are omnivores, but eat mostly seeds and grasses. But they will eat insects and bird eggs if they can find them. I had some extra wire fencing and clear vinyl so a "Habitrail like" tube seems like a good way to confine them to one end of the porch and out of the way. It is 9 feet long, (~3 Meters) and has a wood bottom for them to run on. Within 15 minutes after building it, they started using the tube and have stayed out of the way. And, they are fun to watch as well. Maybe I should add a loft!

i like your idia I want to male an area in my back yard for them to play like a hamster habittrail do you have any ideas

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Ken

4/18/2016 10:40:05 am

Hi Jo,
If I were going to make a new one now I think that I would use transparent shipping tubes which are pretty inexpensive. Uline is one company but there are others as well. They come in different lengths and can be cut at right angles if you want to. They may also be available at places like Staples or shipping stores. But they are flexible. If you want harder tubes I would suggest clear acrylic sold at places like Tap Plastics and others. Of course you can also make them out of heavy vinyl as I did and that is available at hardware stores Hope that this helps. Ken.

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Maria

5/15/2019 01:02:33 pm

This is a great idea! Did you build one? Any recommendations or lessons learned to share?

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Ken

5/16/2019 10:23:53 am

Yes I built the one in the photos but should add to it. They have great fun playing in the tube, Ken.